New Jersey U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg leads former U.S. Rep. Dick Zimmer, his Republican
challenger, 47 - 38 percent in his reelection bid, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released
today, but most voters say Sen. Lautenberg is too old to begin another six-year term.

By a 40 - 31 percent margin, voters have a favorable opinion of Lautenberg. For Zimmer,
67 percent haven't heard enough to form an opinion.

New Jersey voters say 54 - 41 percent that Lautenberg is too old to effectively serve
another six-year term as a U.S. Senator. Even Democrats split 48 - 49 percent on whether
Lautenberg is too old.

"Sen. Frank Lautenberg has a comfortable nine-point lead over Dick Zimmer at this point,
but there are warning signs along the path to his re-election bid," said Clay F. Richards, assistant
director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute.

"Sen. Lautenberg's age continues to be a big issue; voters give him the biggest disapproval
rating in 12 years and independent voters are going for the Republican."

"Most voters say they don't know Zimmer well enough to have an opinion. It will be
interesting to see how the horse race shapes up as he becomes better known," Richards added.

Corzine Approval

New Jersey voters disapprove 52 - 38 percent of the job Gov. Jon Corzine is doing, among
his lowest grades ever, and disapprove 57 - 30 percent of the way he is handling the state budget.

The State Legislature does even worse with a 57 - 25 percent disapproval, with negative
grades from all parties.

A total of 68 percent of New Jersey voters are "somewhat dissatisfied" or "very
dissatisfied" with the way things are going in the Garden State, while 32 percent are "very
satisfied" or "somewhat satisfied." Only 10 percent of New Jersey voters say things in the state
are better since Corzine became Governor in 2006, while 39 percent say things are worse and 50
percent say they are the same.

On a more personal topic: When asked if Corzine should make public his email exchanges
with ex-girlfriend Carla Katz, men split 46 - 45 percent, while women say 58 - 33 percent that the
email should be kept private.

"The drop in Gov. Jon Corzine's approval rating isn't surprising given his fumbles with the
state budget this year and the increasingly difficult economy. The Governor is going to have to
pull a rabbit out of a hat in the upcoming budget debate this month if he wants to get his numbers
back on track and get in shape for next year's re-election bid," Richards said.

From June 5 - 8, Quinnipiac University surveyed 1,473 New Jersey voters with a margin
of error of +/- 2.6 percentage points.

The Quinnipiac University Poll, directed by Douglas Schwartz, Ph.D., conducts public opinion
surveys in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Florida, Ohio and nationally as a
public service and for research.
For more data -- http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x271.xml, or call (203) 582-5201.

2. If the 2008 election for United States Senator were being held today, and the
candidates were Frank Lautenberg the Democrat and Dick Zimmer the Republican, for
whom would you vote?

27. Recently a judge ruled that e-mail correspondence between Governor Corzine and
union leader Carla Katz, his ex-girlfriend, should be made public. Corzine will
appeal the ruling. Do you think these e-mails should be made public or kept private?